Mac or PC?

[KITT222]

Please no bashing "Well PCs are better because ____" or "Macs are better because ___"

All I want to know is who owns what, and why.

EDIT: Oh, and if you have more than one PC or Mac, or a PC and Mac, I made it so you can vote more than one time.

[mycrors4]

I own a Dell Vostro 200 Slim Tower.. i dont really prefer it, but it was a graduation gift...

[Donziikid]

I own an HP running 32-bit Windows. Only upside is I have a 500GB SeaGate hard-drive over the standard Samsung 250GB. But, that's only because the 32-bit Vista crashed the 250GB Samsung.. twice!

I would really like a Mac, however, for all of my photography stuff. Use Mac's at school and flat out love them.

Cheers,
Kyle.

[Action B]

I purchased a 14.1 inch laptop with a dual core 2.0GhZ Turion processor and 2gb of ram for 600 bucks. Macs and PC both have same components, why pay more? Also, lapcounter compatibility is nonexistent with a mac.

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

don't know anything about my computers but they are both PCs idt i'll every buy a MAC though they're supposedly good for media apps, one pc is windows 200 and the other an xp, should be getting another soon to replace the 2000 might get a laptop

[ravevolution]

I own a Dell xps 400 desktop (bought bout 2-3 years ago) which is my main power horse for my stuff (well until few days ago until it stopped turning on, so until I get some money to fix it, it's MIA) and a Dell xps 1530 which I got a few months ago, to be used in conjunction with my desktop to do my graphics stuff (3D animation, photoshop, etc)

Why did I go Dell? Well cause I was able to build my systems for my needs, unlike going to a store and having to look through and pick one that was close enough.

If I had the money I would have went Mac, but they are expensive compared to PC's but they are more 'artist' friendly

Maybe later on I will get a Macbook pro

[winner]

i have a dell inspiron 531 with amd 64 athion x5

edit: dont get vista it ****ing sucks!

[TheB1GDude]

I have:

2x Mac G4 PowerBooks
1x Mac G4 iBook
1x Mac G4 iMac
1x Dell Precision M4300
1x custom built server spec desktop

I love my Macs

[BART]

3 PowerBook g4s, 1 acer laptop, 1 IBM thinkpad, and one emachines desktop. The pc's never get touched anymore. Even the kids prefer mac.

[imnotmikal]

eMachines desktop p.o.s. running xp. - only gets used for taxes and paychecks

Dell desktop something-or-other - never used anymore, still has Windows Me...

Gateway laptop - windows xp, only has like a 30gb harddrive, used for moms work

Dell laptop - mini laptop, 12.1", 150gb hdd, windows xp, used quite often

Toshiba Satellite M45 - Windows Vista, used quite often, my personal laptop

HP Pavillion dv2945se - Windows Vista, used everyday, my personal laptop

HP something or other - XP, used a lot, Dad's laptop


I don't see why people still complain about Vista. There has been ample time for people to downgrade to XP, or up to 7.

And I plan on getting a MacBook when I go to college, or next year for my senior year at school.

[KITT222]

Woohoo, another Satellite user! I love mine. Poor things taken a soft beating, and it hasn't moved for about a year. The only things I don't like about it though are battery life and the USB ports are on the side. Perfect for what I want.

My dad's Best Buy supplied laptop is an HP, our families laptop is a Dell, and my sisters is an EMachines desktop. None of us like Macs.

[deckerz]

it depends really which computer you first had, example, the first computer i had was a windows 95 pc and got used to that so i have had pc's since. i tried a mac and its basicly backwards to me.

[imnotmikal]

Originally Posted by KITT222

Woohoo, another Satellite user! I love mine. Poor things taken a soft beating, and it hasn't moved for about a year. The only things I don't like about it though are battery life and the USB ports are on the side. Perfect for what I want.

I hate mine.
It was good while it lasted, but the HP I got is much better.
The Satellite has NO battery life (litterally, when I unplug it, it stays on for 3 minutes) the screen is broke and won't open, and the cd drive and usb ports don't work at all.

Now I don't have a cd burner. The one on my HP broke when my dog sat on it... the Satellite never worked, and I'm not supposed to use the other computers... haha

[2jack3jack]

I love my mac and my pc. The mac is better no viruses no addware never crashes. But can someone put the option for linux because its always first imo

[imnotmikal]

Originally Posted by 2jack3jack

I love my mac and my pc. The mac is better no viruses no addware never crashes. But can someone put the option for linux because its always first imo

Linux isn't a type of computer.
If we were doing OSs, it would say Mac OS, Windows XP, Vista, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and such. But, its simply PC vs Mac.
Linux would be PC (I don't think you can install Linux on a Mac, but correct me if I'm wrong.)

[Sweed]

HP Pavilion dv4-1275mx Entertainment Notebook PC

Never liked Mac's. They look pretty, but there's no homebrew, no right click, and just never clicked for me. PC's... I'm used to, and there's right click.

Originally Posted by imnotmikal

Linux isn't a type of computer.
If we were doing OSs, it would say Mac OS, Windows XP, Vista, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and such. But, its simply PC vs Mac.
Linux would be PC (I don't think you can install Linux on a Mac, but correct me if I'm wrong.)

You can instal Linux and Windows on a mac.

Originally Posted by 2jack3jack

I love my mac and my pc. The mac is better no viruses no addware never crashes. But can someone put the option for linux because its always first imo

Mac's we had in High School had more problems than the PC's. They do get viruses and stuff, just not as common cause they weren't/aren't as common.

[mycrors4]

The way i've seen it, Macs for me, well are more of a designing computer and doing more of business stuff on them, because if you take a make g4, and try to play a game it will work, but compare it to a PC which can be factory built for gaming and Macs will look bad, both have their advantages and disadvantages
outsource, this is just my opinion maybe we should make a Pro's and Con's list for each type of computer. O.O

[surgeon]

I own a PC. I use it for graphic design mostly. Although macs are advertised as being better with graphic design nothing beats the stability of a PC. The macs I used for it would constantly freeze and lose all data, the PC might be slower, but it is a workhorse and doesn't lock up as easily.

[mycrors4]

Originally Posted by surgeon

I own a PC. I use it for graphic design mostly. Although macs are advertised as being better with graphic design nothing beats the stability of a PC. The macs I used for it would constantly freeze and lose all data, the PC might be slower, but it is a workhorse and doesn't lock up as easily.

was is the giant one that they all fit into the computer screen like 10 years ago that came in different colors? lol we used to have those at school and i agree those did freeze constantly and loss a lot of data too

[surgeon]

Originally Posted by mycrors4

was is the giant one that they all fit into the computer screen like 10 years ago that came in different colors? lol we used to have those at school and i agree those did freeze constantly and loss a lot of data too

No, no. It was the G4....the Biggest baddest mac there was. I was one of the advanced students so I got to use the two "top notch" machines. The sad thing was I had to take my 3-d renderings home and finish them on a 12 year old PC with pirated software because it kept locking up the "top notch" machines. The % complete bar moved slower on the PC, but it didn't lock up and die on me. From then on, no Macs for me.